For the back ground,I cut the grass piece out of "Beach this way", did some punch work on the right side, distressed the edges, & handstitched the punch work, before gluing this piece, onto the "Seafoam" sheet. Once I glued this down, I did some cross stitching & hand stitched the outside edges. For the the cluster, I used a Rustic bloom, & Floral Mixology blooms-Pina Colada & Mojito. I also used DA Foliage, that I just inked, & glued on seed beads & prills onto the one piece, & a couple seashells & pearls....

I matted the photo, with the same papers I was using (from the 8x8 Collection), did some handstitching, glued it onto the netting, then glued on some sequins & prills. I did this before gluing it onto the background, because it is easier to shake off the excess sequins.

I then glued the photo on to a piece of waste chipboard, to raise it, then glued it down to the background. I tucked in the fish net panel under the photo, added the Seahorses & then built the cluster....

I primed the Seahorses with clear gesso, then painted them with the clear crackle, once the crackle dried I painted them & the title with the LuminArt-Caribbean Mist, toned it down with the oyster silk then inked the edges...

I tucked the border under the punch work...

Did another cluster, repeating the other cluster, here are a few more close ups,,,,,